The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-02

10 q necessary study Of the course beyond
the knowledge Of It required for entry,
which by The way Ia considerable. Be.
yond this necessity a knowledge Of Greek
Is not required nowadays Tor diploma
from Harvard. A boy who has atudied
Greek at the fitting schools rs far as Ho-
mer 10 supposed to have gotten the gen.
eral benefits Of the mental discipline as.
cribed to that language, and in place Of It
he Is at liberty to substitute one or more
Of the modern languages, In other words,
Harvard has recognized tho truth OF the
old adags, that tart Is long and lie is
Short too short Tor 30 much Greek at the
expense Of science and the modern Ian.
guages. ~, (
AS It Is at Harvard, 60 ills to great de-
gree at oil the great schools Of this country
at this time. They are all bending their
courses TO accommodate the amplitude Of
modern knowledge and modern require.
ments. Boys must now know more to get
into college and great deal more to get
out. Hence the old time graduates could
not pass examination even whore thoy
have kept up their classics to an unusual
degree. While the classics etill lead the
curriculum in most colleges, they do not
subordinate everything as they oncs did.
Science is the department that Is sub.
originating the classics. In this depart.
ment the old time graduates wero sadly
lacking. The cletgymen, lawyers and
doctoru Of two generations ago wero away
behind IN It. Their knowledge Of the ma
terial uniyerae was the merent minimum
OF to-day's maximum. The attacks Of the
scientists on the Mosaic account OF crea.
ton forced the clergy to the study Of geol-
ogy, and the litigation growing out Of In
yentions and discoveries forced lawyers
to study physics as they never did before.
As class the college graduates OF two
generations ago were helpless people, as
compared with men trained in schools Of
technology. This was because they were
so deficient In real knowledge. They had
mental discipline without knowledge,
while Tho scientists had both. s!s
This disparity has forced the colleges
into wider and constantly widening
field, Hence 1t is not strange to heal
even go scholarly man as the one We
have quoted saying that tho old time
graduates OF Yale did not compare in theil
a.tainnents with the graduatca Of to-day
Tho same thing is true OF nearly all col
legcn. 5l,'5 q
Inasmuch ns the modern college mar
knows GO much more than his predecessor
SO is he going to be Of more use in the
world. He has knowledge to impart t
begin with, and hia progress will be in
the direction Of more real knowledge. He
has a habit Of mind, m appreciation O.
exact and accurate information apd-a ca
pac ity 10 acquire it and dispense it thai
hia predecessor did not have. The whole
world Ia open to such man, and ho doet
no. depend on the so.called ''lesrned pro.
ieasions" for employment. He will makt
superior railroad man, superior i,or
master, or manufacturer Of any kind, Of
a superior farmer or mechanic. He viii
excel anywhere you put him, bscause hi
has the discipline and mental proceau that
seeks knowledge and its best application
in every sphere Of life.
Lastly, he will make higher type O
citizen. A mau who has pursued Thu
truths Of science acquires an appreciation
Of truth. There are no men in the worlt
more absolutely scrupulous in their opin
ions than highly educated scientific men
They have learned the great lesson ths
IalRehood 10 misfit in nature and that il
tsllics with nothing that is useful-or ad.
mirab,e. Hence they have no use for it
Such men become independents in thei,
habits Of mind. They have the habit Of
investigation strong upon them, and they
seek for the actual facts in all the concerns
Of life. va. "A
The influence OF such class OF men
will tell for the good Of the whole body
Of society. Hence we welcome the
higher type OF developed and instructed
minds that are coming out Of our col'eset
to-day rs compared with the past.